The police watchdog agency in B.C. is investigating a three-vehicle crash in Richmond involving the RCMP and three murder suspects.
The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is looking into the crash on Highway 91, at Westminster Highway, on the morning of Oct. 17.
The crash at around 10:45 a.m. resulted in serious injuries for one of the three suspects after the collision involving a marked police vehicle, the suspects’ vehicle and a commercial vehicle.
The IIO is asking any person with relevant information or video footage regarding the incident to contact the witness line toll-free at 1-855-446-8477 or via the contact form on the iiobc.ca website.
The Richmond News reported last month how the three arson and murder suspects were taken into custody after the collision with the police vehicle from BC Highway Patrol.
Police were looking into whether the suspects were connected to a suspicious vehicle fire in Vancouver earlier that morning and a shooting at the University Golf Course, on the University Endowment Lands. Officers attended at the course and found a man suffering from gunshot wounds, who later succumbed to his injuries.
The three men arrested in Richmond after the collision have now been charged with first degree murder.
DeAndre Baptiste, Balraj Basra and Iqbal Kang are facing first-degree murder charges for the shooting of Vishal Walia at the University Golf Club on Monday, Oct. 17.
Investigators believed the incident at UBC was a targeted shooting in relation to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.
